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On September 28th, Time Life will release a special DVD set featuring the 25th Anniversary Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Concerts! The special event was filmed over 2 nights in October 2009 at Madison Square Garden in NYC. The historic event brought together a stellar lineup of artists spanning from the ‘50s through today for groundbreaking performances and once-in-a-lifetime collaborations. 

The Time Life release marks the first time this amazing event is available on DVD, including the full four hour highlight special that aired on HBO along with unseen bonus performances and a collector’s issue of Rolling Stone magazine featuring behind-the-scenes stories.

Featuring a who’s who of rock ‘n’ roll, the 25th Anniversary Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Anniversary Concerts included sets by Crosby, Still & Nash; Stevie Wonder; Paul Simon; Simon & Garfunkel; Aretha Franklin; Metallica; U2; Jeff Beck and Bruce Springsteen & the E-Street Band. Joining this iconic line up on stage were special guests including: Jerry Lee Lewis, Bonnie Raitt, Jackson Brown, Smokey Robinson, B.B. King, Annie Lennox, Lou Reed, John Fogerty, Mick Jagger, Fergie and others.

The 3-DVD set, The 25th Anniversary Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Concert, captures performances from all of these legendary artists over a span of 51 complete performances and an additional 14 bonus performances not seen on HBO. Highlights from the line up include:

* Mick Jagger and Fergie in a blistering version of the Rolling Stones’ classic “Gimme Shelter” with U2 as the backing band
* Bruce Springsteen and Billy Joel on-stage for a rollicking rendition of “Born to Run”
* Sting joining Jeff Beck for the Curtis Mayfield classic “People Get Ready”
* Paul Simon, David Crosby and Graham Nash joining together for a spine-tingling “Here Comes the Sun”
* Ozzy Osbourne singing with Metallica on the Black Sabbath classics “Iron Man” and “Paranoid”
* John Fogerty and Bruce Springsteen sharing vocals on Roy Orbison’s “Oh, Pretty Woman”

The 25th Anniversary Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Concerts DVD set will be available at retailers Septemeber 28th with a blu-ray version of the package available exclusively at Best Buy for the first 30 days.

Leaping out of the doghouse and onto the big screen, the hilarious hijinks of the good-natured Great Dane Marmaduke barks its way onto Blu-Ray Disc/DVD Combo Pack and as a DVD Single Disc August 31 from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. An all-star cast of voice talents, including Owen Wilson (Marley & Me), George Lopez (“The George Lopez Show”), Keifer Sutherland (“24”), and Stacy Ferguson (Fergie from The Black Eyed Peas) lend their voices to the dog-out-of-water tale about what happens when the lovable oversized pooch is unleashed in an idyllic seaside town.

Two-Disc Blu-Ray Disc/DVD Combo Pack Special Features
Disc One:

• Marmaduke Blu-ray
• Cowabarka! Surfing Dogs
• Canine Casting
• Marmaduke Mayhem! Gag Reel
• Deleted Scenes
• Puppy Marmaduke and Kitty Carlos: Home Movies

Disc Two:

• Marmaduke widescreen feature film

DVD
Disc One:

• Marmaduke Widescreen Feature Film
• Cowabarka! Surfing Dogs
• Canine Casting
• Deleted Scenes

As of Monday, August 2 the movie has grossed $32,941,836 in the US, and around $61,000,000 worldwide.  It is the second highest grossing movie Stacy has appeared in, following Poseidon in 2006 which garnered over 182 Million around the world.

As part of the huge pop culture impact that the Black Eyed Peas have left behind, they are occasionally mentioned in movies.  The last movie in which they were mentioned was “Date Night“ starring Steve Carell and Tina Fey in where they see will.i.am and say “that’s will.i.am, that’s will.i.am… from Fergie!“.  We can also remember the line from “Step Brothers” in which John C. Reilly tells Will Ferell “You have the voice of an angel. Your voice is like a combination of Fergie and Jesus.” Now, the latest movie to include some peas is “Vampires Suck”, a Twilight parady. Check out the pealicious part below:

Kristen Bell prefers Fergie to the singer’s husband Josh Duhamel, even though she stars opposite him in her new movie.

The actress appears alongside Josh in When In Rome, a romantic comedy about a woman who is desperate to find the perfect partner.

Kristen loved making the film because she gets on so well with Josh, and enjoyed seeing how devoted he is to his Black Eyed Peas singer spouse.

“I look for guys who are friendly and safe, like Josh. I love Josh with all my heart and it’s a safe relationship, because I’m fully aware of how wholeheartedly he loves his wife,” she explained.

“There’s never going to be confusion there because he loves his wife, I see that. I love his wife too – I like her better than I like him! I love having relationships that are safe and fun and real.”

Kristen and Josh have been praised for the chemistry they have on-screen, which she says came naturally. They were both aware they wanted the movie to look as real as possible, and were lucky as they got on so well.

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With four new nationwide releases, the weak box office from May continued onto the first week of June, allowing Shrek Forever After to spend a third weekend in the lead. Overall business hit a 13-year low for the first weekend of June, and it was down 28 percent from the same timeframe last year when The Hangover debuted.

Marmaduke, starring Owen Wilson, George Lopez, Stacy “Fergie” Ferguson, Emma Stone and Lee Pace, opened with $11,599,661 ($300,000 more than expected) in 3,213 theaters along the United States placing it as the 6th highest grossing movie this weekend.

While it opened better than similar movies such as Firehouse Dog ($3,838,916), Furry Vengeance ($6,627,564) and Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties ( $7,288,977) it was a ways far from Hotel For Dogs ($17,012,212), Garfield: The Movie ($21,727,611) and Beverly Hills Chihuahua ($29,300,465).

Here is the complete box office top 10:

It happens all the time: kids see a cute animal in a movie and want one for themselves. They pester their parents into buying their very own Hooch or Beethoven or Benji or E.T. and then discover the very real work that goes into caring for a pet. And then the poor animal ends up in a shelter or, worse yet, abandoned on the street. Thus, the Calgary Humane Society is very much concerned that Marmaduke may spark the next pet craze when it opens on Friday, according to Toronto Sun.

Marmaduke is based on the long-running newspaper comic strip about a Great Dane and features the voice of Owen Wilson as the titular dog, along with Judy Greer and William H. Macy in live-action roles, and Fergie, George Lopez and Kiefer Sutherland lending their voices for the other furry friends.

The Calgary Humane Society cites the live-action 101 Dalmatians and the live-action/CGI mix of G-Force as movies that sparked previous pet crazes. Their main concern is that people do their homework before buying a Great Dane, since they say the breed tends to live short lives and are prone to medical conditions that can rack up hefty bills. They hope people see the movie and say: “Oh, that’s a cute dog, but look how big it is.”